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MERGER REMEDIES GUIDE THIRD EDITION Editors Ronan P Harty and Nathan Kiratzis © Law Business Research 2020 MERGER REMEDIES GUIDE THIRD EDITION Editors Ronan P Harty and Nathan Kiratzis Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd This article was first published in October 2020 For further information please contact [email protected] © Law Business Research 2020 Publisher Clare Bolton Account manager Bevan Woodhouse Editorial coordinator Pawel Frydrych Production editor Simon Busby Subeditor Katrina McKenzie Editor-in-chief David Samuels Published in the United Kingdom by Global Competition Review Law Business Research Ltd Meridian House, 34–35 Farringdon Street, London, EC2A 4HL, UK © 2020 Law Business Research Ltd www.globalcompetitionreview.com Third edition No photocopying: copyright licences do not apply. The information provided in this publication is general and may not apply in a specific situation, nor does it necessarily represent the views of authors’ firms or their clients. Legal advice should always be sought before taking any legal action based on the information provided. The publishers accept no responsibility for any acts or omissions contained herein. Although the information in this is accurate as at September 2020, be advised this is a developing area. To subscribe contact [email protected] Enquiries concerning reproduction should be sent to Law Business Research, at the address above. Enquiries concerning editorial content should be directed to the Publisher – [email protected] ISBN 978-1-83862-261-9 Printed in Great Britain by Encompass Print Solutions, Derbyshire Tel: 0844 2480 112 © Law Business Research 2020 Acknowledgements The publisher acknowledges and thanks the following contributors for their learned assistance throughout the preparation of this book: ANDERSON MŌRI & TOMOTSUNE AXINN CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP COMPASS LEXECON CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP CROWELL & MORING LLP DANIEL P DUCORE DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP DIANA L MOSS/AMERICAN ANTITRUST INSTITUTE EGOROV PUGINSKY AFANASIEV & PARTNERS MCCARTHY TÉTRAULT LLP MAZARS PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP SHARDUL AMARCHAND MANGALDAS & CO SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP VON WOBESER Y SIERRA, SC WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ i © Law Business Research 2020 WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP ZHONG LUN LAW FIRM ii © Law Business Research 2020 Contents 1 Overview ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1 Ronan P Harty, Nathan Kiratzis and Anna M Kozlowski Part I: Overarching Principles and Considerations 2 Key Principles of Merger Remedies ..................................................................................................19 Ilene Knable Gotts 3 Economic Analysis of Merger Remedies .........................................................................................29 Mary T Coleman and David A Weiskopf 4 Realigning Merger Remedies with the Goals of Antitrust ......................................................... 40 Diana L Moss Part II: Types of Remedies 5 Structural Remedies ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������55 Charles F (Rick) Rule, Andrew J Forman and Daniel J Howley 6 Non-Structural Remedies ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 66 Carrie C Mahan and Kristin H Sanford 7 Antitrust Remedies in Highly Regulated Industries ��������������������������������������������������������������������79 Christine A Varney, Julie A North, Margaret Segall D’Amico and Molly M Jamison iii © Law Business Research 2020 Contents Part III: Process and Implementation 8 Managing Timing of Multi-Jurisdictional Review �����������������������������������������������������������������������97 John Harkrider and Michael O’Mara 9 Identifying a Suitable Divestiture Buyer and Related Issues ...................................................106 Steven L Holley and Dustin F Guzior 10 Giving Effect to the Remedy ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������124 David A Higbee, Jessica K Delbaum, Ben Gris, Sara Ashall, Jonathan Cheng and Özlem Fidanboylu Part IV: Compliance 11 A Practical Perspective on Monitoring ........................................................................................... 141 Justin Menezes 12 Enforcement of Merger Consent Decrees ......................................................................................153 Juan A Arteaga Part V: Remedy Negotiations: Practical Considerations 13 Negotiating Remedies: A Perspective from the Agencies .........................................................177 Daniel P Ducore 14 Negotiating the Remedy: A Practitioner’s Perspective ��������������������������������������������������������������190 Francisco Enrique González-Díaz, Daniel P Culley and Julia Blanco iv © Law Business Research 2020 Contents Part VI: Merger Remedies Insights from around the Globe 15 Canada ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 207 Jason Gudofsky, Debbie Salzberger and Kate McNeece 16 China ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������223 Yi Xue (Josh) 17 India ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������232 John Handoll, Shweta Shroff Chopra and Aparna Mehra 18 Japan ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������252 Vassili Moussis, Yoshiharu Usuki and Kiyoko Yagami 19 Mexico ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 264 Fernando Carreño and Paloma Alcántara 20 Russia ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������273 Anna Numerova, Denis Gavrilov, Natalia Korosteleva and Maria Kobanenko About the Authors ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 283 Contributors’ Contact Details ..........................................................................................................................301 v © Law Business Research 2020 PART I OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES AND CONSIDERATIONS © Law Business Research 2020 02 Key Principles of Merger Remedies Ilene Knable Gotts1 Most transactions are not anticompetitive and many benefit consumers. Competition laws are designed to address those transactions that are likely to substantially lessen competition in a relevant market. Such harm can result either from a firm’s acquisition of market power or the increasing likelihood of anticompetitive coordination. In some jurisdictions, the competi- tion law mandate specifies a broader ‘public interest standard’ or other social policies, such as ‘black empowerment’. In some jurisdictions, such as that of the European Commission (EC), the competition authorities’ decision not to approve the transaction effectively kills the transaction. In other jurisdictions, such as the United States2 and Canada, the competition authority must challenge the transaction in a court to block its consummation, and the judge ultimately decides the legality of the transaction. In both types of jurisdiction, transaction parties will frequently try to resolve the concerns of a competition authority by offering potential remedies and, if accepted by the competition authority, entering into a consent decree. Core universal goal: preserving competition The universal goal of remedies is preserving competition that would otherwise be lost because of the transaction, while permitting, if possible, the realisation of efficiencies and other benefits.3 1 Ilene Knable Gotts is a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. 2 At the federal level, the two antitrust agencies are the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission. 3 International Competition Network, ICN Merger Working Group, Merger Remedies Guide (2016), available at www.internationalcompetitionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MWG_ RemediesGuide.pdf (the ICN Merger Remedies Guide). 19 © Law Business Research 2020 Key Principles of Merger Remedies On 3 September 2020, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a new Mergers Remedies Manual (the DOJ Manual)4 to update its 2004 Policy Guide to Merger Remedies.5 The DOJ Manual identifies the following principles that apply to structuring and implementing remedies in both horizontal and vertical merger cases: (1) remedies must preserve competition; (2) remedies should not create ongoing government regulation of the market; (3) temporary relief should not be used to remedy persistent competitive harm; (4) the remedy should preserve competition, not protect competitors; (5) the risk of a failed remedy should fall on the transaction parties, not on consumers; and (6) the remedy must be enforceable.6 These principles align with the guiding principles

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